title: Activation of hydrocarbons on acidic zeolites: superior selectivity of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene on weakly acidic catalysts.
abstract: The study of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene over MFI zeolites with different heteroatoms has found that an efficient catalyst with weak acidities prevented the side reactions related with the formation of ethene oligomers from occurring, as evidenced by in situ IR spectroscopy, leading to superior propene selectivity in the product distribution.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Qingjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Junko N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Tooru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Setoyama
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Domen
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tatsumi